For Wednesday

Bring donations for the Poppy Fund

English 12
Journal reflection for Act 1.

English 11
Reading for Book Club.  Create questions for your group discussion tomorrow.

English 11H
Final version of Shark poem analysis. If you are away, the poem is online. Analysis: discuss the theme of the poem. Use evidence in the poem to support your thesis.
Topic Sentence
Thesis statement
2-3 points
Point
Evidence/quote or example
Explanation/discussion

Conclusion

Read: Bluffing and look for images related to a theme in the story.

For Tuesday

Reminder of Remembrance Day Assembly rehearsal after school in the band room.

English 12
Final copies of character analysis due tomorrow. Type them and have rubric and rough draft ready to go.

English 11 H
The Shark thematic poem analysis draft due for tomorrow.

English 11
Journal reflection on book club meeting one. You can discuss any aspect of the first meeting: questions, discussion, connection to the book....up to you. Be sure to build connections and to show your thinking.

For Monday....

Have a wonderful long weekend! Good work this week. Lots of great debating in English 11H! Fine reading of the Crucible. Identity assignments are looking fantastic.

English 11
Identity learning assignment is due on Monday.
First book club meeting on Monday. Make sure you have your 4 questions ready.

English 11H
give the definitions for the words on the sheet: Bluffing. Use the words in a story. Story can be related to Bluffing or not.
Finish your journal about fear.
Read "Bluffing" in the Imprints book. P. 71

English 12
Character Analysis. Choose one character from Act 1.
Write a single/extended paragraph about this character.
Also: Finish the Standards Focus Sheet
The Question section should have higher level thinking questions in it.
I will collect this on Monday.

Character Analysis
Topic Sentence
Thesis: define your character; debatable, specific
3 points about your character
Point
Evidence (quote/example)
Explanation (discussion/proof)
Conclusion

Draft is due for editing on Monday. Type it to make editing easier. Final version is due on Tuesday.

For Thursday

English 11H
For those of you who are presenting at the Ceremony, please send your image to me by tomorrow. Debates in class tomorrow. Bring your Imprints books.

English 11
Bring your Identity assignments for editing and feedback tomorrow. Bring your reading books as well. We will read and work on our assignments tomorrow.

English 12
Finish the comprehension questions to #17. We will be reading again tomorrow. On the weekend, you will be writing a character analysis of one of the characters.

for the weekend

Thanks for a great week. Have fun getting ready for Halloween! Remember that Friday is Curriculum Implementation Day so there is no school.

English 12
Bring canned food or donations for the Halloween for Hunger food drive.

There are no assignments this weekend. We will begin the Crucible on Monday

English 11
Fill in the top of the blue sheet that was handed out in class today. You need to clearly state your learning goals for your Identity product.
Outline some ideas for your project on the back of the paper. Bring it to class on Monday.

English 11H
Read Dinner for two in the Identities books. P. 39. Address the questions about imagery as you read.

For the weekend

Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy every precious minute of it! Let's hope it doesn't rain too much. What fine work you did this week!

English 12
Research your topic:
1. Puritan history
2. Arthur Miller
3. Salem Witch Trials
4. Red Scare/communism
5. Puritan beliefs

If you were away, contact someone from your row for your topic. Remember to come to class with the information so that you can begin preparing your presentation for the class. Bring your ideas!

English 11 H
Next draft of Remembrance Day writing for Monday. Good work today!

English 11
If you are reading this, bring something to class to read for Monday's Stop and Read. I forgot to mention it to you in class.

Wonderful poems today! You are amazingly talented.

Write your mini speech about a topic of your choice from the board. You should have your first draft ready for Monday.

For Tuesday

If you are on a field trip tomorrow, please check the blog for homework updates

English 12
Finish reading "The Lottery"
Do the first part of the reading response section:
According to the text, how does tradition influence the villager's behavior?
You can write in point form or in paragraph form.
Don't do more....yet

English 11H
Use the discussion question sheet to form questions regarding the gentrification article we read in class.
You need to create 3 levels of questions for class.
Next version of your Remembrance Day assignment is due on Thursday.
We will do some more sharing and editing in class tomorrow.

English 11
Final version of your found poem is due on Thursday. We will be sharing in class. More people will be reading their pieces this time.